Mt. Rainier glowing in the distance

The team packs up and heads to the summit. The journey begins!

The breathtakingly beautiful journey through alpine meadows to base camp.

Climbing in the shadow of Rainier's Little Tahoma.

Climbers prepare for their midnight ascent at their base camp.

A beautiful view of a mountain crevasse.

Climbers approach the summit.

Prayer flags on the summit, one climber's touching message to his Mom and Dad.

Photo Gil Weiss